SR 654 — Commending the Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals.

SPECIAL SESSION I INTRODUCEDENROLLED 22208266D SENATE RESOLUTION NO.

654 IE Offered June 3, 2022 N Commending the Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals.

TN ––––––––––R Patron––BellAgreed Rto ––––––––––by the Senate, June 17, 2022 WHEREAS, for more than five decades, the Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals has O served, supported, and advanced Virginia's addiction professionals and Virginia's recovery communitiescommunitiesL by providing, enhancing, and ensuring education, ethical standards, and a strong peer and professionalprofessionalL network;netWHEREAS, the Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals (VAAP) was initially established in E as the Tidewater Association of Professionals Interested in Substance Abuse (TAPISA);

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andandof developing a field of WHEREAS, TAPISA subsequently became known as the Virginia Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors in the 1970s and Trainersas withthe Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals in 201WHEREAS, VAAP has helped ensure the primaryhighest objectivequality help for all Virginians by continuously providing training and education opportunities for the Commonwealth's addiction professionals, includiSg by establishing the annual Virginia Summer Institute of developingAddiction aStudies, fieldone of professionalthe counselorsmost withhighly professional6 qualificationsregarded andtraining backgrounds;events in the United States;

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now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals hereby be commended on the occasion of its 52nd anniversary of support for the Commonwealth's addiction professionals, who have saved countless lives throughout the Commonwealth;

and, be it presentation to the Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect and appreciation for its efforts to enhance substance abuse prevention, treatment, and :

35 recovery programs in the Commonwealth and provide essential services to Virginians in need.